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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.59
Title
Stater of Lesbos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
525-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Lesbos
Period
Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186531

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Billon
Metal
Bi
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
10.87 g
Die Axis
2
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale. Ex coll. Hutton.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.59
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: two calves' heads confronted; between, olive branch.
reverse: incuse square.

Verification Level

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